Follow #WatsonElection2020 for insights and commentary from Watson faculty on the upcoming election. 

Watch Parties and Debate Debriefs

• Tuesday, September 29, 8:30 p.m. - First Presidential Debate Watch Party (students only)
• Wednesday, September 30, 12 p.m. - Student Debate Debrief — First Presidential Debate (students only)
  
• Wednesday, October 7, 8:30 p.m. - Vice Presidential Debate Watch Party (Brown community members only)
• Friday, October 16, 12 p.m. - Student Debate Debrief — Second Presidential Debate (students only)
• Friday, October 23, 12 p.m. - Student Debate Debrief — Third Presidential Debate (students only)
• Tuesday, November 3, 7 p.m. - Election Night Watch Party with Expert Commentators
• Thursday, November 5, 12 p.m. - Student Election Debrief — Presidential Election (students only)

• Friday, November 13, 1 p.m. - Virtual Roundtable on the 2020 US Election

Voter Suppression and Election Security

• Monday, September 14, 12 p.m. - Rachael Cobb ─ Voting During a Pandemic: Legitimacy, Safety, and Viability
• Tuesday, September 22, 7 p.m. & Wednesday, September 23, 5 p.m. - Film Screening, All In: The Fight for Democracy
• Wednesday, September 23, 7 p.m. - Panel Discussion, All In: The Fight for Democracy
  
• Thursday, September 24, 6 p.m. - Michael Isikoff ─ Disinformation, Conspiracy Theories, and The U.S. Election
• Wednesday, October 7, 6:30 p.m. - RBG is Gone: What Now?

Money, Media, Messaging, and the Campaigns

• Thursday, September 10, 6 p.m. - Gloria Borger ─ Heading Into the Homestretch
• Thursday, October 8, 6 p.m. - Ken Vogel — Money and the 2020 Election
• Wednesday, October 14, 6 p.m. - The End of White Politics: How to Heal Our Liberal Divide
• Thursday, October 29, 6 p.m. - Michael Dukakis ─ What’s at Stake in the 2020 Election?

The Trump Legacy

• Thursday, October 1, 5 p.m. - Trump, the Administrative Presidency, and Federalism
• Wednesday, October 21, 5:30 p.m. - Alexander Meiklejohn Lecture ─ Kate Shaw: The Roberts Court, the Public, and Institutional Legitimacy
• Wednesday, November 18, 5 p.m. - Evelyn Farkas — The Legacy of the Trump Foreign Policy